BEARDED LADIES ARE COMMON.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 20, Issue 70, 3 September 1909, Page 2

BEARDED LADIES ARE COMMON.

| FRENCH SHOWMAN OFFERS TO SUPPLY' ANY NUMBER. An Englishwoman who confesses to a mild mania for attending the street fairs common in and around Paris says that she is always impressed by the extraordinary number ot oearded ladies among the attractions. •T was inclined to think that they were lakes," she says i n the ■‘‘Gentlewoman,” ‘ but when I discovered that they were quite genuine my surprise at this wonderful supply of phenomena grew stronger. And when a few <uiys ago 1 saw the lair in the Avenue d Orleans a lady exhibited with a long (lowing heard 1 could rio longer withhold my curiosity. "i applied lor information to a gentleman well known in the showman world, and who acts us a kind ol agent to the people owning snows, supplying them with the necessary goods, human and otherwise. This gentleman appeared Surprised at my question. ■‘ 'Bearded ladies !' he exclaimed, ‘1 can find as many as 1 like. You have, no idea how many women, 11 they liked, could uval men as regards whiskers and moustaches. But they are not anxious to cntei into that Kind ot competition.’ "